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Revision as of 02:04, 6 May 2010
Todd A. Fonseca | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
| Website | |
| http://www.thetimecavern.com | |
Todd A Fonseca is a contemporary American author of Juvenile Fiction as well as an accomplished musician. Mr. Fonseca resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
History
Todd Fonseca began writing during his college years at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering.[1] [2] His first published work, The Time Cavern, was first release as a self published title in June 2008. After winning a 2009 Indie Excellence finalist award,[3] Ridan Publishing released a second version of the book in October 2009.[4]
Books in Print
- The Time Cavern, Lulu, Inc. (2008) ISBN 1605520101, Ridan Publishing (2009) ISBN 0982514514
Career
Todd began his professional career as a regulatory affairs specialist in the medical device industry working for a pacemaker/defibrillator manufacturer, Intermedics Inc., which had been headquartered in Angleton, Texas. Todd worked there from 1992 to 1995. He subsequently moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995 to work for Medtronic – the world’s largest medical device manufacturer. Todd held positions in Regulatory Affairs, Reliability Engineering, and Clinical Research in Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Management, Neuromodulation, and most recently Cardiovascular divisions. At present, Todd is the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Medtronic’s Structural Heart business in the cardiovascular division headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Link of agenda presenting at FDA workshop http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm152899.htm Late 90s work as a regulatory specialist http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf/p970012.pdf
In 1992, Todd married Joanne Marie Manders. They have four children: Aaron James Fonseca (who inspired the book and the main character’s name), Justin Anthony Fonseca, Ryan Joseph Fonseca, and Nathan Michael Fonseca.
Todd also serves as the Cub Master for Cub Scout Pack 606 in Anoka, MN.
http://www.anokapack606.org/contacts.aspx http://lakeminnetonkadistrict.org/fasttrackcouncilsummarypacks6-23-08.pdf
Since college, Todd had been writing short stories and the beginnings of various novels. Most were science fiction. A number of years later, he wrote a children’s picture book entitled "Curly Carla" about a young girl who watched too much television. He attempted to get the book published but was met with a number of rejections and abandoned the project.
Todd continued to write bits of novels over the years but never finished anything until 2006 when he learned of NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month http://www.nanowrimo.org/
The idea behind this site was to encourage authors to write everyday to reach 50,000 words in one month without judging their work. He participated in the program and wrote a little over 50,000 words of The Time Cavern though, at the time, the working title was The Cavern under the Tree. Over the next six months Todd finished the entire first draft. For the next year or so he worked the rewrites and hired an editor to help him clean it up. He considered having it published, but thought he would self publish and sell a few copies to family and friends.
Due to the encouragement of early readers, an October 2008 feature of the month on flamingnet.com and unexpected Amazon sales, he submitted the book to the Indie Excellence awards and received a finalist award in the Young Adult category although the book is more juvenile fiction (ages 9-12).
After receiving this award, Todd was contacted by Ridan Publishing (www.ridanpublishing.com) who was interested in reworking the book (title, layout, editing) and taking him on as an author. The Ridan version of the book was subsequently published in October 2009. Over a period two months, sales rose steadily and in the month of December 2009 the book sold over 1000 copies. Book two in the series is almost complete and should be released in late 2010 or early 2011.
Genre of work Juvenile Science Fiction
Main themes of work Independence, scientific inquiry, and the importance of friendship and family.
Awards and Recognition
- 2009 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist, Young Adult Category[5]
- Nominated for a 2008 Minnesota Book Award[6]
- Washington Examiner - Top Kids Books for Time Travel[7]
- #1 Amazon tagged book in Juvenile Fiction,[8] Juvenile Adventure[9], Books for Boys[10], Amish[11] customer communities
- October 2008 featured book of the month[12]
External links
- The Time Cavern official book website
- Author Information
- The Time Cavern trailer on You Tube
- Publisher's Book Page
- Publisher's Author Page
- Reviews
- Goodreads Author Page
- Goodreads Book Page
References
- ^ "Interview with - A Starry Night Productions". Creative Artists Community. 2009-11-15.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Thesis - Investigations of time and frequency domain analysis methods on the EEG during coma". Marquette University Library. 1992-05-05.
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "The Time Cavern". Ridan Publishing. 2009-10-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "NIEA 2010 Book Awards". National Indie Excellence Awards. 2009-05-18.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Nomination List". Minnesota Book Awards. 2008-12-18.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Top Kids Books for Time Travel". Washington Examiner. 2009-07-14.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Amazon Juvenile Fiction Community". Amazon. 2010-05-05.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Amazon Juvenile Adventure Community". Amazon. 2010-05-05.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Amazon Books for Boys Community". Amazon. 2010-05-05.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Amazon Amish Community". Amazon. 2010-05-05.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Young Adult Book Review - The Time Cavern". Flamingnet. 2009-10-01.
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Links / Lists / Articles
Best selling novels list http://www.buzzle.com/articles/best-selling-novels.html October 2008 Featured Book on the Month http://www.flamingnet.com/bookreviews/newreviews/newbookreview.cfm?title=The%20Time%20Cavern Article in Chicgalleria http://chicgalleria.com/2009/03/time-travel-adventure-book-for-young-readers/